First dog

[saluki bouy 681]

First dog that was yours fully and a story behind it 

 

we always had whippets and when I was 14/15 it was agreed I could own my first dog i read every lurcher book I could find and settled on a collie greyhound I think I filled my dad in on all the bad points of Salukis and bull crosses that you’d read then I got him to take me down to bishop Auckland and I bought a 3/4 saluki 1/4 greyhound bitch for 200 with 20 back luck money and i told him it was a Wheaton greyhound collie greyhound lol god knows why but he never ever pulled me up even when I boasted how obedient and and loyal my nearly pure saluki was some bitch taught me everything I know about dogs and also learnt in later years how much I abused her keenness and took her for granted 

[saluki bouy 681]

[downsouth 7,166]

11 hours ago, saluki bouy said:

First dog that was yours fully and a story behind it 

 

we always had whippets and when I was 14/15 it was agreed I could own my first dog i read every lurcher book I could find and settled on a collie greyhound I think I filled my dad in on all the bad points of Salukis and bull crosses that you’d read then I got him to take me down to bishop Auckland and I bought a 3/4 saluki 1/4 greyhound bitch for 200 with 20 back luck money and i told him it was a Wheaton greyhound collie greyhound lol god knows why but he never ever pulled me up even when I boasted how obedient and and loyal my nearly pure saluki was some bitch taught me everything I know about dogs and also learnt in later years how much I abused her keenness and took her for granted 

How the hell did you blag a saluki/greyhound off as a wheaton/collie/greynound mix?Has he never laid eyes on any of them breeds?

[WhiteSalukiBitch 16]

This was my first lurcher that was all mine, I had just left the Army, I was homeless and considering suicide due to PTSD. 

I came to hear about this lurcher pup that was being given away as her owners couldn't manage her. I grew up with working Lurchers and was the perfect owner for her. 

Me and her camped and hunted together, till a mate moved us in with him, then I started my nurse training but we still went out mooching every day and she was my heart and soul dog. I had her until she ran hard into a fence post at 9 years old and I had to PTS. That was 11 years ago and i still miss her and she's still the top dog I've ever had 

[Black neck 15,858]

I had a brindle thing me dad got me ,I was 2 impatient and expected the dog 2 do everything after a couple of goes and if it didn't I gen up ,typical young spunker meks us cringe thinking about it  if it rained when you were out the dog would run off and turn everyone bins over right c he was 

[WhiteSalukiBitch 16]

1 minute ago, Black neck said:

I had a brindle thing me dad got me ,I was 2 impatient and expected the dog 2 do everything after a couple of goes and if it didn't I gen up ,typical young spunker meks us cringe thinking about it  if it rained when you were out the dog would run off and turn everyone bins over right c he was 

Yeah, I get it, my dad tried to get me more involved with our working dogs as a kid but like you I got bored fast.

You made me laugh with that bit about the rain because last night we had one of the loudest storms with some of the most torrential rain I've seen in years, and I was out in it with the Saluki pup, I want her to be ok with rain and unphased by thunder, and she did brilliantly 

[Black neck 15,858]

6 hours ago, WhiteSalukiBitch said:

Yeah, I get it, my dad tried to get me more involved with our working dogs as a kid but like you I got bored fast.

You made me laugh with that bit about the rain because last night we had one of the loudest storms with some of the most torrential rain I've seen in years, and I was out in it with the Saluki pup, I want her to be ok with rain and unphased by thunder, and she did brilliantly 

They have been known 2 run off with great enthusiasm if left till they are mentally ready 

[dodger 2,751]

23 hours ago, saluki bouy said:

Fine looking dog that did you see the parents 

[low plains drifter 10,307]

3 hours ago, Black neck said:

They have been known 2 run off with great enthusiasm if left till they are mentally ready 

They only run around the corner until you come into view, then they run round the next corner until you come into view and on and on until running into the middle of the main drag before a total stranger stops their car is greeted with a wagging tail, and gives you your saluki saturated charge back 

[Black neck 15,858]

5 hours ago, low plains drifter said:

They only run around the corner until you come into view, then they run round the next corner until you come into view and on and on until running into the middle of the main drag before a total stranger stops their car is greeted with a wagging tail, and gives you your saluki saturated charge back 

I have known lads be at there wits end with a saluki type pup ,returning 2 hand at a meer whistle even retrieving quarry ,but with a bit of patience and perseverance eventually the penny dropped and they were off ,and never come back 

[Penda 3,341]

16 hours ago, Black neck said:

I had a brindle thing me dad got me ,I was 2 impatient and expected the dog 2 do everything after a couple of goes and if it didn't I gen up ,typical young spunker meks us cringe thinking about it  if it rained when you were out the dog would run off and turn everyone bins over right c he was 

Spunking little c

[low plains drifter 10,307]

5 hours ago, Black neck said:

I have known lads be at there wits end with a saluki type pup ,returning 2 hand at a meer whistle even retrieving quarry ,but with a bit of patience and perseverance eventually the penny dropped and they were off ,and never come back 

The fly in the ointment

[sandymere 8,263]

My 1st "lurcher" was a 1st cross collie whippet, that threw to the collie, it taught me that a dog needs the speed to catch 1st and foremost.................. a great knock about for a lad and made me think outside the box and use field craft to get a catch but not an ideal 1st dog.

My 1st decent lurcher was a beddy\grey X collie /grey, great little dog, took a lot of game with minimal lay ups. Best £35 I've ever spent.

Edited July 10, 2023 by sandymere

[dytkos 17,784]

Your dog posts are miles better than the other shit you spout Sandy.

Just saying like  

Cheers, D.

[Black neck 15,858]

What a horrible man